*rōþrą

Runic: ᚱᛟᚦᚱᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈrɔːθ.rɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

oar
rudder

Etymology

From *rōaną (‘to row’) + *-þrą (‘tool, instrument’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	rōþrą	rōþrō
Acc.	rōþrą	rōþrō
Gen.	rōþras, rōþris	rōþrǫ̂
Dat.	rōþrai	rōþramaz
Inst.	rōþrō	rōþramiz
Voc.	rōþrą	rōþrō

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Descendants

*rōþr (Proto-West Germanic)
- *ruother (Old Dutch)
  - roeder (Middle Dutch)
    - roer (Dutch)
      - roer (Afrikaans)
*rōþr (Proto-West Germanic)
- *ruother (Old Dutch)
  - roeder (Middle Dutch)
    - roer (Dutch)
      - руль (rulʹ) (Russian)
        
        ռուլ (ṙul) (Armenian)
        
        rul (Azerbaijani)
        
        რული (ruli) (Georgian)
        
        рөл (röl) (Kazakh)
        
        رل (rol) (Persian)
        
        rul (Turkmen)
        
        rul, Yup'ik: alunaq (Uzbek)
*rōþr (Proto-West Germanic)
- rōþor (Old English)
  - rother, rodder, rothre, ruder, rothyr, rothir, rothar, roþer (Middle English)
    - rudder, rother (English)
    - rudder, ruther, ruder (Scots)
*rōþr (Proto-West Germanic)
- rōther, rōder (Old Frisian)
  - Ruur (Saterland Frisian)
  - roer (West Frisian)
*rōþr (Proto-West Germanic)
- ruodar, ruoder (Old High German)
  - ruoder (Middle High German)
    - Ruder (German)
    - Rudder (Luxembourgish)
    - רודער (ruder) (Yiddish)
*rōþr (Proto-West Germanic)
- *rōthar (Old Saxon)
  - rôder (Middle Low German)
    - ror (Danish)
    - róður (Faroese)
    - Roor (German Low German)
    - ror (Norwegian)
*rōþr (Proto-West Germanic)
- *rōthar (Old Saxon)
  - rôder (Middle Low German)
    - rodher (Old Swedish)
      - roder (Swedish)
róðr (Old Norse)
- róður (Faroese)
- róður (Icelandic)
róðr (Old Norse)
- ? (Old East Norse)
  - roþer (Old Swedish)
    - rodd (Swedish)
róðr (Old Norse)
- ? (Old East Norse)
  - roþer (Old Swedish)
    - rod, Roden (Swedish)
      - Roslagen (Swedish)
róðr (Old Norse)
- ? (Old East Norse)
  - *roocci (Proto-Finnic)
    - rootsi, Rootsi, roots (Estonian)
    - rootsi, Rootsi (Ingrian)
    - rūotš, Rūotšmō (Livonian)
    - ruočči, Ruočči (Livvi)
    - ruoč (Ludian)
    - Русь (Rusĭ) (Old East Slavic)
    - Роусь (Rusĭ) (Old Novgorodian)
    - Ročinma (Veps)
    - roottsi (Votic)
    - ruuts', Roodsi (Võro)
róðr (Old Norse)
- ? (Old East Norse)
  - *roocci (Proto-Finnic)
    - ruotsi, Ruotsi (Finnish)
      - Ruottii (Kven)
      - Ruotti (Meänkieli)
róðr (Old Norse)
- ? (Old East Norse)
  - *roocci (Proto-Finnic)
    - ? (Karelian)
      - ruočči, Ruočči (North Karelian)
      - ruočči, Ruočči (South Karelian)
róðr (Old Norse)
- ? (Old East Norse)
  - *roocci (Proto-Finnic)
    - ? (Proto-Permic)
      - роч (roć) (Komi-Permyak)
      - роч (roć) (Komi-Zyrian)
      - ӟуч (dźuć) (Udmurt)
róðr (Old Norse)
- ? (Old East Norse)
  - *roocci (Proto-Finnic)
    - ? (Proto-Samic)
      - Ruotâ (Inari Sami)
      - Рӯц (Rūc) (Kildin Sami)
      - Ruoŧŧa (Northern Sami)
      - Ruõcc (Skolt Sami)
      - Ruohtsa (Ume Sami)

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